Well, as much as I love filling out requests and do art for the sake of art, I also have certain requirements to fulfill thanks to my art GCSE. More specifically, I'm going to post a few of my media studies up here. The topic I'm exploring is 'Art and Words', and the sub category I've chosen is 'Lyrics'.
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| Keep Holding On- Avril Lavigne. |
It was a simple choice for me. I've always felt such resonance with some phrases in songs, that I just HAD to express it in art- share it with people who would appreciate. Believe me, trying to explain it to some people who hate music is like bashing my head against a brick wall. You guys understand though, right?
SO- all these studies I'm going to post are based on songs, or specific lyrics! Yay for my extra insight of synesthesia! Makes this project so much easier. I'd love to share my actual finished piece with you guys, but I don't think I'm allowed, since it hasn't been marked yet- but media studies should be fine.
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| Eye of the Tiger- Survivor |
The first two are just relevant sketches. The tiger was a pain in the butt to try and draw, so I kinda gave up on it's front chest. You may be starting to realise that laziness is a common trait with me.
Still looks good though, and my dad always used to say 'Better is the Enemy of Good'.
In other words: It's not broke. Don't fix it.
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| Set Fire to the Rain- Adele |
Now, the Adele one take a bit more insight. It's a perception thread, or 'song string'. The center is the start of the song, and the tip is the end. I coiled it, because the contrast between blue and red is more visible then, but often I just leave them as a linear thread.
Later I may go into more depth about links between colours and instruments, but for now, just understand that the reds are the chorus, and the blues are the verses. I wasn't allowed to listen to the song when I was making this thread- it was in a lesson- so its not as accurate a depiction as it usually would be, but it's close enough that I don't mind sharing it.
The Coldplay is another interesting one. It's netting with beads, shells and threads interwoven into it. You can't tell from the photo, because it's not a very good one, but there's a whole weave of stuff in there.
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| Charlie Brown- Coldplay |
And each thing represents a certain aspect of the song- for instance the yellow thread is the voice of Chris Martin. The red is from the incredible guitar riff, naturally (well, let me put it this way, guitars are red to me, so the fact that the red's in there is no mistake) along with shells for the xylophone, and a few others.
In the end though, they all hopefully combine to show my understanding of lyrics and songs, without being strange enough that no one gets it. I don't know. I'll have to wait and see what mark I get for my sketchbook skills- the one thing I'm trying to improve!
Signing off!
For now, little crow-monsters, be appeased by this concept are for Skeleton Key, a character of mine with a few unusual features. This is a late night post, so it's a rough work. Nothing fancy, but I like the colour scheme, and the clothing, which I've never been able to get right before.
